Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

Into this chaos comes the emperor of the East, Justinian, bringing order and stability – and an appreciation for mosaic art.

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Evan Freeman studies art and ritual of the Byzantine Empire and cross-cultural interactions in the wider medieval world. He completed his PhD in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University ...

Joseph Alchermes' main research interests range from the Roman and Early Christian world to the art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire with links to western Europe. He teaches a comparably broad ...